Tuesday, 20 May 2014

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Japanese mythology Fujin and Raijin.






Fūjin is the Japanese god of the wind and one of the eldest Shinto gods.
He is portrayed as a terrifying wizard-like demon, resembling a red headed black humanoid wearing a leopard skin, carrying a large bag of winds on his shoulders.
In Japanese art, the deity is often depicted together with Raijin, the god of lightningthunder and storms.






Raijin is a god of lightningthunder[1] and storms in the Shinto religion and in Japanese mythology.His name is derived from the Japanese words rai. He is typically depicted as a demon-looking spirit beating drums to create thunder, usually with the symboltomoe drawn on the drums. He is also known by the following names:










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